Lesson 4 Flashcards
(57 cards)
1
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Is language used to precisely describe the human body including its
components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it.
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Medical terminology
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3 Basic parts of Medical terms:
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- Root Word
- Suffix
- Prefix
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Terminal portion or at the end of the term
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Suffix
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Main part of the medical term that denotes the meaning of the word
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Root word
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Found in the beginning of the term and it shows how meaning is assigned
to the word
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Prefix
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Bacterium
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Bacteria
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Nucleus
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Nuclei
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Thrombus
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Thrombi
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Spermatozoon
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Spermatozoa
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Bacillus
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Bacilli
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Ovum
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Ova
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heart
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cardio
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muscle
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myo
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artery
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arterio
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joint
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arthro
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cell
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cyto
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liver
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hepa/hepato
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pus
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pyo
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skull
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cranio
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clot
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thrombo
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fever
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pyro
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kidney
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nephro
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bone
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osteo
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same
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iso
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small
micro
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large
macro
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inside/within
intra
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false
pseudo
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one
mono
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billionth
nano
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decrease
hypo
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without oxygen
anaero
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same, like
homo
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cold
cryo
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new
neo
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inflammation
itis
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enlargement
megaly
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young
blast
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killing of
cidal
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formation
poiesis
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measure
meter
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surgical removal
ectomy
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blood condition
emia
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increase
hyper
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an
without/absence
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many
poly
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before
pre
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slow
brady
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rapid/accelerated
tachy
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otuside
ecto
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inside
endo
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